Moritz Bleibtreu Movies and Career Information

Moritz Bleibtreu (born August 13, 1971) is a German actor. Bleibtreu was born in Munich, the son of actors Monica Bleibtreu and Hans Brenner, and the great-grand-nephew of the actress Hedwig Bleibtreu. Bleibtreu grew up in Hamburg. His first appearance on TV was in the late seventies on a children's television series called Neues aus Uhlenbusch, written by his mother Monica and Rainer Boldt. Next roles in Boldt's Ich hatte einen Traum and beside his mother Monica in miniseries Mit meinen heißen Tränen. After he left school when he was 16, he lived in Paris and New York City where he attended acting school. In 1992 he began his acting career at the Schauspielhaus in Hamburg. He also had numerous small parts in television productions. He is also fluent in English, Italian and French His first son, David, was born in November 2008 in Hamburg. His roles include the Gray Ghost in the film Speed Racer, Andreas Baader in Der Baader Meinhoff Komplex, Manni in the critically acclaimed Run Lola Run and Tarek Fahd in the psychological thriller Das Experiment, in which he shows full frontal nudity.